Refining & Marketing

We operate facilities in the Refining & Marketing (R&M) business segment in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Colorado. R&M also includes emissions data from Suncor’s Canadian terminals and pipelines, which account for a small percentage of the total R&M numbers and are deemed to be negligible. Suncor Montreal Sulphur Plant data is also included from the purchase date in July, 2014. Data from these R&M facilities are consolidated here for reporting purposes.

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Indicator

Unit

Footnote

GRIDisclosures

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Production

Net production

million cubic metres (m3)saleable yield / year

A

OG1

26.32

27.21

27.09

26.91

27.37

Footnote A: On a business unit level, net production is reported where interplant transfers have been identified and removed from the facility production total. This value is calculated by adding each of the Refining & Marketing (R&M) production volumes, which include saleable yield including light sweet synthetic crude oil (SCO), diesel, light sour SCO, bitumen and co-products, minus the transfers between R&M facilities. Terminals, Pipelines and the Montreal Sulphur Plant do not contribute to R&M production (denominator for GHG intensity), only absolute GHG emissions (numerator for GHG intensity) due to the definition of the corporate wide production metric.

Air emissions

Greenhouse gas (GHG)

thousand tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)

B

G4-EN15

G4-EN16

5,323

5,420

5,406

5,467

5,438

Footnote B: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are calculated using a facility-specific methodology which utilizes various reference methodologies that have been accepted by the relevant jurisdictions within which each facility is required to report its GHG emissions. Methodology has been followed where a jurisdiction has a prescribed one and if none exists, then the most applicable and accurate methods available are used to quantify each emission source.

R&M emissions are inclusive of emissions from the pipeline from Oil Sands to the Edmonton Refinery as well as the pipelines from Firebag to Oil Sands and Fort Hills to Oil Sands. In addition, R&M emissions include emissions from the Burrard terminal station and the Montreal Sulphur Plant (purchased in 2014). These emission sources are broken out separately from other R&M sites in the 2015 GHG Performance section, classified as “Other”.

For the Edmonton refinery, GHG emissions and emission intensity values are consistent with Suncor’s Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (SGER) Bill 3 reported Total Annual Emission (TAE) values, with the exception that total indirect emissions have been included here. The production metric used for the SGER emissions intensity is different than what is used here. SGER production is a Refinery Activity Index based value and the production used for our Report on Sustainability is saleable yield. For our operations in Quebec and Ontario, the data is consistent with the guidelines for those provinces which are aligned with Western Climate Initiative. The only exception applies to provincial reports for our facilities in Ontario and Quebec which use the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) third assessment global warming potentials (GWPs). Our 2013, 2014 and 2015 Reports on Sustainability use IPCC’s fourth assessment GWPs. For our Commerce City refinery, the data is consistent with the guidelines for the EPA’s Mandatory Reporting Rule, with the exception of the emissions reported in Sub-part MM.

Scope 2 indirect emissions include those associated with the purchases of electricity, steam, heat, and cooling. Emissions are calculated based on actual supplier data where possible and published literature where supplier data is unavailable. Prior to 2014, emissions associated with the purchase of hydrogen had been included as an indirect Scope 2 source; however, it was brought to our attention that industry best practice is to include these emissions as an indirect Scope 3 source and therefore they have been removed from all reported data points and included in the indirect Scope 3 GHG category.

Carbon dioxide sold by the facilities is reported under indirect Scope 3 to be consistent with Ontario and Quebec regulatory guidance. Hydrogen purchased from third parties is also included in this category. These values are reported under indirect Scope 3 emissions in this table and in our Suncor-wide performance data.

GHG emissions intensity

tonnes CO2e / m3 production

G4-EN18

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

Indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions

thousand tonnes CO2e

C

G4-EN17

1,360

1,473

1,523

1,369

1,462

Footnote C: Indirect Scope 3 GHG emissions reported here include emissions related to purchased hydrogen and CO2 streams that are sold to third parties. In 2013 it was brought to our attention that industry best practice for disclosing emissions associated with the purchasing of hydrogen should be classified as a Scope 3 indirect source as they do not fall under the Scope 2 indirect emission categories of purchased electricity, purchased steam, purchased heating or purchased cooling. Therefore purchased hydrogen emissions are reported as a Scope 3 source and have been removed from the Scope 2 indirect emissions category.

Sulphur dioxide (SO2)

thousand tonnes

D

G4-EN21

8.75

5.77

6.13

5.86

5.36

Footnote D: The SO2 emissions calculation methodology underwent a number of data and process improvements in 2012, which improved the understanding of site conditions for specific facilities.

SO2 emissions intensity

kilograms (kg) / m3 production

G4-EN21

0.33

0.21

0.23

0.22

0.20

Nitrogen oxides (NOx)

thousand tonnes

G4-EN21

4.41

4.53

4.55

4.00

3.83

NOx emissions intensity

kg / m3 production

G4-EN21

0.17

0.17

0.17

0.15

0.14

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

thousand tonnes

G4-EN21

4.36

4.25

4.68

4.38

4.37

Benzene

tonnes

G4-EN21

48.14

46.37

46.48

40.09

39.62

Toluene

tonnes

G4-EN21

125.93

123.86

115.85

116.91

104.31

Ethylbenzene

tonnes

G4-EN21

11.19

10.51

10.16

9.63

10.03

Xylene

tonnes

G4-EN21

64.57

62.27

58.91

59.42

57.30

VOC emissions intensity

kg / m3 production

G4-EN21

0.17

0.16

0.17

0.16

0.16

National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) on-site releases

thousand tonnes

E

G4-EN21

23.41

20.01

20.84

20.32

19.79

Footnote E: Data includes terminal emissions. More information about the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) can be found on the Environmental Protection Agency website. Beginning in 2015, TRI releases are no longer reported in our Report on Sustainability.

Flared gas

million m3

OG6

109

71.9

100.7

101.87

110.12

Flared gas intensity

m3/m3 production

OG6

4.14

2.64

3.72

3.79

4.02

Energy consumption

Total energy use

million gigajoules (GJ)

F

G4-EN3

G4-EN4

84.24

83.23

84.37

86.18

88.07

Footnote F: Total energy is the sum of direct and indirect energy. Data includes terminal and pipeline emissions.

Footnote H: Surface water:• Sarnia: Estimated water withdrawal from the St. Clair River• Edmonton: North Saskatchewan River• Montreal: Beginning in 2010, water withdrawal from the St. Lawrence River is metered.• Mississauga: Estimated water withdrawal from Lake Ontario

Groundwater withdrawal

million m3

G4-EN8

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.3

0.3

Municipality, city or district water withdrawal

million m3

I

G4-EN8

2.91

3.07

2.95

2.44

3.18

Footnote I: Water purchased from municipality for domestic use with the exception of Commerce City where it is used for both domestic and process.

Footnote K: Industrial run-off includes water withdrawn. This run-off volume is included as water returned or water consumed, as applicable to each facility. Water return destination for Refining & Marketing operations varies by facility (North Saskatchewan River, St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, St. Clair River and Sand Creek).

Total water withdrawal intensity

m3 / m3 production

G4-EN8

3.04

3.03

2.87

3.09

3.33

Water returned

million m3

G4-EN22

68.2

65.46

61.39

72.21

73.88

Water consumption

million m3

K

11.75

16.87

16.44

10.92

17.28

Footnote K: Industrial run-off includes water withdrawn. This run-off volume is included as water returned or water consumed, as applicable to each facility. Water return destination for Refining & Marketing operations varies by facility (North Saskatchewan River, St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, St. Clair River and Sand Creek).

Water consumption intensity

m3 / m3 production

K

0.45

0.62

0.61

0.41

0.63

Footnote K: Industrial run-off includes water withdrawn. This run-off volume is included as water returned or water consumed, as applicable to each facility. Water return destination for Refining & Marketing operations varies by facility (North Saskatchewan River, St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, St. Clair River and Sand Creek).

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

Hazardous waste incinerated

tonnes

G4-EN23

2,235.00

1,977.62

1,245.08

2,940.08

2,244.37

Hazardous waste deep well injected

tonnes

M

G4-EN23

1,082.10

1,302,958.00

1,231,221.23

1,232,852.00

961,873.43

Footnote M: Hazardous waste to deep well injection is dependent on throughput volume, which influences water use.

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

Hazardous waste recycled, recovered or reused

tonnes

L

G4-EN23

--

--

--

42,134.50

90,964.36

Footnote L: Beginning in 2011, in order to better align with the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines, Suncor expanded the number of indicators for which it collects and reports data in the Waste management category. Volume of waste varies from year to year due to periodic equipment maintenance including: • changing catalyst in reactors and waste water treatment tank • lagoon cleanouts • operation shutdowns • location-specific recycling programs

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

Footnote O: Changes in water management strategy were made in 2012 that resulted in the creation of a waste stream that had not previously required active management. These changes were in place for all of the 2013 reporting year and thus contributed to a higher value for this metric in comparison to the previous year.

Beginning in 2014, waste water is no longer reported in waste disposal but is captured under the water return category of this report.

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

Products and services

Ethanol blended into gasoline

thousand m3

P

G4-EN27

927.9

979

828

1,000

1,027

Footnote P: Refineries that blend ethanol into gasoline are Sarnia, Montreal, Commerce City and Edmonton.

Sulphur content of gasoline

parts per million (ppm)

Q

OG8

24.9

25.8

25.3

18.7

15.7

Footnote Q: The volume is an annual average for Sarnia, Commerce City, Montreal and Edmonton refineries. Historically, data was calculated as the weighted average.

Footnote S: Data includes regulatory fines paid during the stated year:The total fines paid in 2015 by our R&M business was $894,349. The breakdown of our downstream fines are as follows:

Commerce City refinery (fines paid for Commerce City are in $US):In September 2015, our Commerce City refinery paid a penalty payment of $222,000 as a result of 2013-2014 air inspections. The total fine was broken down as follows:

On December 15. 2015 we also paid a $500,000 fine to the CDPHE in connection with the settlement of penalties related to the 2011 release of material to Sand Creek. Additionally, on or about December 30, 2015 a $5,500 fine was paid to the Federal Railroad Administration as settlement for an alleged violation of the Hazardous Materials Regulations in connection with rail car use at the Commerce City refinery.

Montreal refinery:A fine was paid In March, 2015 for the following:

• Spill in the St-.Lawrence River - Statement of Offence paid in March 2015 • In 2014, Suncor received a 250K plus costs (total 272K) charge in connection with the September 28, 2010 spill in the St-Lawrence river. The total volume of diesel spilled was 950 barrels of which 880 barrels were contained and recovered at the site. Of the 35 barrels that reached the river, 30 barrels were contained and recovered at the site. Of the 35 barrels that reached the river, 30 barrels were contained in booms and recovered and the majority of the remaining five barrels that travelled downstream were recovered using absorbent materials and by cleaning up the north riverbank.‎ Following negotiations with the Crown Prosecutor, a joint settlement was filed and approved by the Quebec courts on March 25, 2015 in which Suncor was held liable for offences to the Québec Environment Act and was fined $161,470.72 ( 140K plus costs). Payment of same was made accordingly in March 2015.

Sarnia:On April 23, 2015 our Sarnia refinery paid a $5,378.25 fine to the Government of Ontario for an environmental penalty related to an incident that occurred on Dec 4, 2014, wherein our waste water effluent exceeded MISA limits for dissolved organic carbon and ammonia.

2014: On February 27, 2014, a Consent Decree entered into by Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. (“SEUSA”), was approved by the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The Consent Decree related to alleged natural resource damages (NRD), including to groundwater, caused by a release of hydrocarbons from SEUSA’s Commerce City Refinery into and around Sand Creek. SEUSA paid $1,887,000 ($US) to compensate for these alleged damages in exchange for a release from liability. In 2014, SEUSA also paid certain penalties to settle alleged violations resulting from an annual air audit of the Commerce City Refinery by the Colorado Department of Health & Environment (CDPHE), an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspection, and under existing Clean Air Act Consent Decrees.

2013: In 2013, SEUSA paid certain penalties to settle alleged violations resulting from an annual air audit of the Commerce City Refinery by the Colorado Department of Health & Environment (CDPHE). Our Sarnia refinery was also ordered to pay an environmental penalty of $10,950 for a test failure in process effluent water. The test from the combined stream that enters the river passed, but the test of effluent water did not. In response to this, the refinery has established performance monitoring metrics for various waste water treatment parameters to allow for early indication of potential issues in the waste water treatment facility.

2012 - $1,956,194.45 was in settlement of Case No. 2011-049; $249,404.73 was in settlement of Case No. 2011-034; $148,637.42 was in settlement of Case No. 2012-087. $1,361,329.65 of this total was paid in supplemental environmental projects.

Reportable spills

#

G4-EN24

91

99

103

107

91

Total volume of reportable spills

m3

G4-EN24

1,217

71.78

2,082.02

124

1,208.54

Air quality exceedances

#

G4-EN29

74

81

43

45

65

Water effluent exceedances

#

G4-EN29

0

0

0

2

5

Leaks from underground storage systems

#

G4-EN24

1

0

0

0

0

Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) management

EH&S professionals on staff

#

T

G4-EN31

81

85

92

94

--

Footnote T: Professionals dedicated to environment, health or safety matters. Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) and non-positioned contractors are not included in this total. Beginning in 2015, this indicator is reported on a Suncor-wide basis.

Environmental capital expenditures

$ millions

G4-EN31

56.1

59.24

68.45

32.7

32.17

Refining & Marketing environment footnotes

A

On a business unit level, net production is reported where interplant transfers have been identified and removed from the facility production total. This value is calculated by adding each of the Refining & Marketing (R&M) production volumes, which include saleable yield including light sweet synthetic crude oil (SCO), diesel, light sour SCO, bitumen and co-products, minus the transfers between R&M facilities. Terminals, Pipelines and the Montreal Sulphur Plant do not contribute to R&M production (denominator for GHG intensity), only absolute GHG emissions (numerator for GHG intensity) due to the definition of the corporate wide production metric.

B

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are calculated using a facility-specific methodology which utilizes various reference methodologies that have been accepted by the relevant jurisdictions within which each facility is required to report its GHG emissions. Methodology has been followed where a jurisdiction has a prescribed one and if none exists, then the most applicable and accurate methods available are used to quantify each emission source.

R&M emissions are inclusive of emissions from the pipeline from Oil Sands to the Edmonton Refinery as well as the pipelines from Firebag to Oil Sands and Fort Hills to Oil Sands. In addition, R&M emissions include emissions from the Burrard terminal station and the Montreal Sulphur Plant (purchased in 2014). These emission sources are broken out separately from other R&M sites in the 2015 GHG Performance section, classified as “Other”.

For the Edmonton refinery, GHG emissions and emission intensity values are consistent with Suncor’s Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (SGER) Bill 3 reported Total Annual Emission (TAE) values, with the exception that total indirect emissions have been included here. The production metric used for the SGER emissions intensity is different than what is used here. SGER production is a Refinery Activity Index based value and the production used for our Report on Sustainability is saleable yield. For our operations in Quebec and Ontario, the data is consistent with the guidelines for those provinces which are aligned with Western Climate Initiative. The only exception applies to provincial reports for our facilities in Ontario and Quebec which use the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) third assessment global warming potentials (GWPs). Our 2013, 2014 and 2015 Reports on Sustainability use IPCC’s fourth assessment GWPs. For our Commerce City refinery, the data is consistent with the guidelines for the EPA’s Mandatory Reporting Rule, with the exception of the emissions reported in Sub-part MM.

Scope 2 indirect emissions include those associated with the purchases of electricity, steam, heat, and cooling. Emissions are calculated based on actual supplier data where possible and published literature where supplier data is unavailable. Prior to 2014, emissions associated with the purchase of hydrogen had been included as an indirect Scope 2 source; however, it was brought to our attention that industry best practice is to include these emissions as an indirect Scope 3 source and therefore they have been removed from all reported data points and included in the indirect Scope 3 GHG category.

Carbon dioxide sold by the facilities is reported under indirect Scope 3 to be consistent with Ontario and Quebec regulatory guidance. Hydrogen purchased from third parties is also included in this category. These values are reported under indirect Scope 3 emissions in this table and in our Suncor-wide performance data.

C

Indirect Scope 3 GHG emissions reported here include emissions related to purchased hydrogen and CO2 streams that are sold to third parties. In 2013 it was brought to our attention that industry best practice for disclosing emissions associated with the purchasing of hydrogen should be classified as a Scope 3 indirect source as they do not fall under the Scope 2 indirect emission categories of purchased electricity, purchased steam, purchased heating or purchased cooling. Therefore purchased hydrogen emissions are reported as a Scope 3 source and have been removed from the Scope 2 indirect emissions category.

D

The SO2 emissions calculation methodology underwent a number of data and process improvements in 2012, which improved the understanding of site conditions for specific facilities.

E

Data includes terminal emissions. More information about the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) can be found on the Environmental Protection Agency website. Beginning in 2015, TRI releases are no longer reported in our Report on Sustainability.

F

Total energy is the sum of direct and indirect energy. Data includes terminal and pipeline emissions.

Montreal: Beginning in 2010, water withdrawal from the St. Lawrence River is metered.

Mississauga: Estimated water withdrawal from Lake Ontario

I

Water purchased from municipality for domestic use with the exception of Commerce City where it is used for both domestic and process.

J

Edmonton: Wastewater from Goldbar municipal treatment plant.

K

Industrial run-off includes water withdrawn. This run-off volume is included as water returned or water consumed, as applicable to each facility. Water return destination for Refining & Marketing operations varies by facility (North Saskatchewan River, St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, St. Clair River and Sand Creek).

L

Volume of waste varies from year to year due to periodic equipment maintenance including:

changing catalyst in reactors and waste water treatment tank

lagoon cleanouts

operation shutdowns

location-specific recycling programs

Prior to 2014, waste that was reused, recycled and recovered was not included in the totals for hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated and was reported as an aggregated total. Beginning in 2014, in order to provide a more detailed breakdown of the waste streams created due to our operations, we have included this category of waste in both hazardous and non-hazardous total waste generated.

M

Hazardous waste to deep well injection is dependent on throughput volume, which influences water use.

N

Beginning in 2012, experimentation of sending downhole water to external wastewater treatment plant required injection of non-compatible water downhole.

O

Changes in water management strategy were made in 2012 that resulted in the creation of a waste stream that had not previously required active management. These changes were in place for all of the 2013 reporting year and thus contributed to a higher value for this metric in comparison to the previous year.

Beginning in 2014, waste water is no longer reported in waste disposal but is captured under the water return category of this report.

P

Refineries that blend ethanol into gasoline are Sarnia, Montreal, Commerce City and Edmonton.

Q

The volume is an annual average for Sarnia, Commerce City, Montreal and Edmonton refineries. Historically, data was calculated as the weighted average.

Data includes regulatory fines paid during the stated year:The total fines paid in 2015 by our R&M business was $894,349. The breakdown of our downstream fines are as follows:

Commerce City refinery (fines paid for Commerce City are in $US):In September 2015, our Commerce City refinery paid a penalty payment of $222,000 as a result of 2013-2014 air inspections. The total fine was broken down as follows:

$214,050 Administrative penalty to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)

$42,810 in Cash Administrative Penalty to CDPHE

$171,240 went to Supplemental Environmental Projects.

$7,950 in stipulated penalties related to Consent Decree violations

$3,975 to Environmental Protection Agency (United States)

$3,975 to CDPHE

On December 15. 2015 we also paid a $500,000 fine to the CDPHE in connection with the settlement of penalties related to the 2011 release of material to Sand Creek. Additionally, on or about December 30, 2015 a $5,500 fine was paid to the Federal Railroad Administration as settlement for an alleged violation of the Hazardous Materials Regulations in connection with rail car use at the Commerce City refinery.

Montreal refinery:A fine was paid In March, 2015 for the following:

Spill in the St-.Lawrence River - Statement of Offence paid in March 2015

In 2014, Suncor received a 250K plus costs (total 272K) charge in connection with the September 28, 2010 spill in the St-Lawrence river. The total volume of diesel spilled was 950 barrels of which 880 barrels were contained and recovered at the site. Of the 35 barrels that reached the river, 30 barrels were contained and recovered at the site. Of the 35 barrels that reached the river, 30 barrels were contained in booms and recovered and the majority of the remaining five barrels that travelled downstream were recovered using absorbent materials and by cleaning up the north riverbank.‎ Following negotiations with the Crown Prosecutor, a joint settlement was filed and approved by the Quebec courts on March 25, 2015 in which Suncor was held liable for offences to the Québec Environment Act and was fined $161,470.72 ( 140K plus costs). Payment of same was made accordingly in March 2015.

Sarnia:On April 23, 2015 our Sarnia refinery paid a $5,378.25 fine to the Government of Ontario for an environmental penalty related to an incident that occurred on Dec 4, 2014, wherein our waste water effluent exceeded MISA limits for dissolved organic carbon and ammonia.

2014: On February 27, 2014, a Consent Decree entered into by Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. (“SEUSA”), was approved by the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The Consent Decree related to alleged natural resource damages (NRD), including to groundwater, caused by a release of hydrocarbons from SEUSA’s Commerce City Refinery into and around Sand Creek. SEUSA paid $1,887,000 ($US) to compensate for these alleged damages in exchange for a release from liability. In 2014, SEUSA also paid certain penalties to settle alleged violations resulting from an annual air audit of the Commerce City Refinery by the Colorado Department of Health & Environment (CDPHE), an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspection, and under existing Clean Air Act Consent Decrees.

2013: In 2013, SEUSA paid certain penalties to settle alleged violations resulting from an annual air audit of the Commerce City Refinery by the Colorado Department of Health & Environment (CDPHE). Our Sarnia refinery was also ordered to pay an environmental penalty of $10,950 for a test failure in process effluent water. The test from the combined stream that enters the river passed, but the test of effluent water did not. In response to this, the refinery has established performance monitoring metrics for various waste water treatment parameters to allow for early indication of potential issues in the waste water treatment facility.

2012 - $1,956,194.45 was in settlement of Case No. 2011-049; $249,404.73 was in settlement of Case No. 2011-034; $148,637.42 was in settlement of Case No. 2012-087. $1,361,329.65 of this total was paid in supplemental environmental projects.

T

Professionals dedicated to environment, health or safety matters. Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) and non-positioned contractors are not included in this total. Beginning in 2015, this indicator is reported on a Suncor-wide basis.

Economic1

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Indicator

Unit

Footnote

GRIDisclosures

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Tax and royalty credits earned

$ millions

G4-EC4

1.6

4.7

1.9

3.3

2.3

Investments

Capital and exploration expenditures

$ millions

G4-EC1

633

644

890

1,021

821

Purchases

Goods and services

$ millions

1,790

1,715

2,309

2,815

2,638

Goods and services purchased in or from:

Canada

$ millions

1,355

1,302

1,845

2,356

2,103

Local businesses and suppliers

$ millions

U

G4-EC9

1,178

1,354

1,821

2,290

2,071

Footnote U: Local is defined as spend with businesses/suppliers based in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Colorado. Data includes all local spend from Suncor's Refining & Marketing operations.

Local is defined as spend with businesses/suppliers based in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Colorado. Data includes all local spend from Suncor's Refining & Marketing operations.

Social

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Indicator

Unit

Footnote

GRIDisclosures

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Health and safety

V

Footnote V: Our U.S. operations use the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) definitions to classify their injuries, which differ slightly from Canadian standards. For the most part, OSHA is a more rigorous classification standard than current Canadian standards. Beginning in 2014, R&M health and safety data reported here includes our St. Clair ethanol plant.

Employee lost-time injury frequency

W

G4-LA6

0.09

0

0.15

0.05

0.06

Footnote W: A lost-time injury requires medical attention and results in an employee being absent from work on the next regularly scheduled work day or any subsequent work day. Lost-time injury frequency is the number of such injuries per 200,000 hours worked, divided by the number of exposure hours.

Contractor lost-time injury frequency

W

G4-LA6

0.03

0.09

0.19

0.09

0.07

Footnote W: A lost-time injury requires medical attention and results in an employee being absent from work on the next regularly scheduled work day or any subsequent work day. Lost-time injury frequency is the number of such injuries per 200,000 hours worked, divided by the number of exposure hours.

Employee recordable injury frequency

X

G4-LA6

0.41

0.15

0.36

0.25

0.26

Footnote X: Recordable injuries include lost time injuries as well as medical aid injuries. Medical aid injuries require medical attentions but do not result in an employee being absent from work. Recordable injury frequency is the sum of lost time and medical aid injuries per 200,000 hours worked, divided by the number of exposure hours.

Contractor recordable injury frequency

X

G4-LA6

0.61

0.42

0.67

0.50

0.54

Footnote X: Recordable injuries include lost time injuries as well as medical aid injuries. Medical aid injuries require medical attentions but do not result in an employee being absent from work. Recordable injury frequency is the sum of lost time and medical aid injuries per 200,000 hours worked, divided by the number of exposure hours.

Fatalities

G4-LA6

0

0

0

0

0

Employee relations

Employees receiving performance reviews

%

G4-LA11

96

100

100

100

100

Training and development

$ thousands

Y

G4-LA9

3,889

4,943

3.833

3,745

1,401

Footnote Y: Fees for professional development courses taken by Suncor employees.

Ratio of lowest wage to minimum wage

Z

G4-EC5

1

1.2

2.1

1.19

2.2

Footnote Z: Compares full-time base wage to the province of Alberta’s minimum wage ($11.20/hour in 2015). Beginning in 2014, Alberta’s minimum wage was used across our operations for this metric for comparison purposes due to the minimal variances of minimum wage across Canada.

Ratio of average wage to minimum wage

Z

G4-EC5

4.3

4.6

4.8

5.0

4.7

Footnote Z: Compares full-time base wage to the province of Alberta’s minimum wage ($11.20/hour in 2015). Beginning in 2014, Alberta’s minimum wage was used across our operations for this metric for comparison purposes due to the minimal variances of minimum wage across Canada.

Ratio of jobs offered to jobs accepted

AA

1.02

1.01

1.02

--

--

Footnote AA: Beginning in 2014, this indicator is reported Suncor-wide.

Footnote CC: Employee is defined as regular full-time, regular part-time, students, casuals or temporary employees. Leaves, other than long-term disability, such as maternity, paternity, personal leave, as well as short-term disabilities, are considered active and are included.

Historical U.S.A. data long-term contractors include contractors at the refinery, based on full-time equivalent staff in the Denver office.

Full-time

#

G4-10

3,248

3,083

3,178

3,492

3,356

Part-time

#

G4-10

0

9

10

58

19

Temporary/casual

#

G4-10

84

53

67

138

41

Long-term contractors

#

CC

G4-10

624

407

399

354

313

Footnote CC: Employee is defined as regular full-time, regular part-time, students, casuals or temporary employees. Leaves, other than long-term disability, such as maternity, paternity, personal leave, as well as short-term disabilities, are considered active and are included.

Historical U.S.A. data long-term contractors include contractors at the refinery, based on full-time equivalent staff in the Denver office.

Workforce diversity is calculated based on information provided voluntarily by employees. Indicators referring to ethnicity and disability reflect only those employees who consent for release of this information have been included.

Workforce diversity is calculated based on information provided voluntarily by employees. Indicators referring to ethnicity and disability reflect only those employees who consent for release of this information have been included.

Workforce diversity is calculated based on information provided voluntarily by employees. Indicators referring to ethnicity and disability reflect only those employees who consent for release of this information have been included.

Workforce diversity is calculated based on information provided voluntarily by employees. Indicators referring to ethnicity and disability reflect only those employees who consent for release of this information have been included.

Workforce diversity is calculated based on information provided voluntarily by employees. Indicators referring to ethnicity and disability reflect only those employees who consent for release of this information have been included.

Workforce diversity is calculated based on information provided voluntarily by employees. Indicators referring to ethnicity and disability reflect only those employees who consent for release of this information have been included.

Age less than 30

%

G4-LA12

10.2

9.7

10.4

11.0

10.7

Age 30 to 50

%

G4-LA12

52

53.3

52.6

55.2

54.8

Age greater than 50

%

G4-LA12

36.5

36

34.8

34.2

33.2

Ratio of basic salary of men to women:

Management female

%

EE

G4-LA13

92.5

93.6

91.1

--

--

Footnote EE: Beginning in 2014, salary comparison data between women and men is reported on a Suncor-wide basis as position levels are corporately administered and do not differ based on operating areas.

Professional female

%

EE

G4-LA13

76.5

83.9

83.9

--

--

Footnote EE: Beginning in 2014, salary comparison data between women and men is reported on a Suncor-wide basis as position levels are corporately administered and do not differ based on operating areas.

Business support female

%

EE

G4-LA13

94.3

78.5

84.7

--

--

Footnote EE: Beginning in 2014, salary comparison data between women and men is reported on a Suncor-wide basis as position levels are corporately administered and do not differ based on operating areas.

Operations female

%

EE

G4-LA13

80.9

101.5

101.1

--

--

Footnote EE: Beginning in 2014, salary comparison data between women and men is reported on a Suncor-wide basis as position levels are corporately administered and do not differ based on operating areas.

Diversity in management

Employees in management

%

G4-LA12

14

15.2

15.5

15.9

16.3

Women in management

%

G4-LA12

18

18.4

19.4

20.0

20.0

Persons with disabilities in management

%

G4-LA12

1.9

1.5

1.4

1.1

0.9

Age less than 30 in management

%

G4-LA12

1.9

1.7

2

1.6

1.6

Age 30 to 50 in management

%

G4-LA12

58

58.5

58.2

58.3

57.2

Age greater than 50 in management

%

G4-LA12

39.6

39.8

39.6

40.1

41.2

Refining & Marketing social footnotes

V

Our U.S. operations use the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) definitions to classify their injuries, which differ slightly from Canadian standards. For the most part, OSHA is a more rigorous classification standard than current Canadian standards. Beginning in 2014, R&M health and safety data reported here includes our St. Clair ethanol plant.

W

A lost-time injury requires medical attention and results in an employee being absent from work on the next regularly scheduled work day or any subsequent work day. Lost-time injury frequency is the number of such injuries per 200,000 hours worked, divided by the number of exposure hours.

X

Recordable injuries include lost time injuries as well as medical aid injuries. Medical aid injuries require medical attentions but do not result in an employee being absent from work. Recordable injury frequency is the sum of lost time and medical aid injuries per 200,000 hours worked, divided by the number of exposure hours.

Y

Fees for professional development courses taken by Suncor employees.

Z

Compares full-time base wage to the province of Alberta’s minimum wage ($11.20/hour in 2015). Beginning in 2014, Alberta’s minimum wage was used across our operations for this metric for comparison purposes due to the minimal variances of minimum wage across Canada.

Employee is defined as regular full-time, regular part-time, students, casuals or temporary employees. Leaves, other than long-term disability, such as maternity, paternity, personal leave, as well as short-term disabilities, are considered active and are included.

Historical U.S.A. data long-term contractors include contractors at the refinery, based on full-time equivalent staff in the Denver office.

Workforce diversity is calculated based on information provided voluntarily by employees. Indicators referring to ethnicity and disability reflect only those employees who consent for release of this information have been included.

EE

Beginning in 2014, salary comparison data between women and men is reported on a Suncor-wide basis as position levels are corporately administered and do not differ based on operating areas.